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February 2009 - Posts

• Some clues as to SDS’s future

  News about SQL Data Services has been thin on the ground since the Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC) in October 2008. The official SDS blog has been dormant since 27th October (up until then it had been a very active blog) and the same is largely Read More... Posted 24 February 2009 12:47 by jamie.thomson | 1 Comments Filed under: SQL Server 2005, SDS, SQL Data Services, Azure Services Platform, azure, SQL Azure

• Social Desktop extends REST to your desktop

  There is interesting news coming out of Microsoft’s TechFest event about a new research project called Social Desktop which is described as: The Social Desktop blends the Web and PC by embedding Web oriented sharing inside your desktop, allowing every Read More... Posted 23 February 2009 22:04 by jamie.thomson | 1 Comments Filed under: REST, RESTful, Azure Services Platform, Social Desktop

• SQL Server UK user group sessions coming up

  There’s a couple of SQL Server user group sessions going on in the near future and if you’re in the UK (and are able to attend) they may be well worth your while attending. The first is this coming Thursday at Microsoft’s office in Victoria, London and Read More... Posted 16 February 2009 22:01 by jamie.thomson | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server

• SQL Mesh update

  Three weeks ago I posted a blog entry entitled SQL Server code repository on Live Mesh where I announced the creation (if that’s the right word) of a folder, hosted on Live Mesh, that anyone in the SQL Server community could get access and contribute Read More... Posted 12 February 2009 23:22 by jamie.thomson | 3 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, T-SQL, Live Mesh, sqlmesh

• Attunity Oracle-CDC for SSIS

  Attunity, the company that makes Microsoft’s SSIS connectors for Oracle and Teradata (read more about those at Connecting to Oracle just got a whole lot better ), have released (in beta) a new product called Attunity Oracle-CDC for SSIS . CDC stands for Read More... Posted 12 February 2009 19:23 by jamie.thomson | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server Integration Services, SSIS, Attunity

• Open Space Coding – Using the SSDS REST Library

  January 2009 seems to have been a good month for inaugural events and naturally the most important one was the inaugural Open Space Coding day on 31st January as arranged by Mr Alan Dean and hosted by Michelle Flynn of EMC Conchango. I was lucky enough Read More... Posted 01 February 2009 12:25 by jamie.thomson | 7 Comments Filed under: SDS, SQL Data Services, .Net, Open Space Code, azure, SQL Azure